[ Mm-hmm. Geralt absorbs that without comment. He is not here to lecture, so he does not. He lays back as Alucard goes off to do what wolf things a dhampir is inclined to do. Howl, apparently. It's not unsettling. He's more than used to hearing the sounds of the woods, and in some ways, it's almost comforting. He waits until Alucard returns, the camp already packed for the morning.
Come sunrise, they leave. The cave he seeks is easy to reach, but as described: once they've entered further down, there's a small entrance that frankly his shoulders will not possibly fit through. It's large enough for a mid-sized wolf, though. Inside, he can hear a hissing, the sound of basilisks nesting. Not too many, but a good amount. He knows if they are drawn out, it's liable to destroy the shed skin in the room next to them.
Which he also shows Alucard, stepping around some scattered bones to reveal it intact in a corner: nearly crystalline clear, shaped like a lizard the size of a hound. Not difficult to fetch, but delicate. ]
I'll stay out here. Take care of any strays that slip through.
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Come sunrise, they leave. The cave he seeks is easy to reach, but as described: once they've entered further down, there's a small entrance that frankly his shoulders will not possibly fit through. It's large enough for a mid-sized wolf, though. Inside, he can hear a hissing, the sound of basilisks nesting. Not too many, but a good amount. He knows if they are drawn out, it's liable to destroy the shed skin in the room next to them.
Which he also shows Alucard, stepping around some scattered bones to reveal it intact in a corner: nearly crystalline clear, shaped like a lizard the size of a hound. Not difficult to fetch, but delicate. ]
I'll stay out here. Take care of any strays that slip through.